probes::RemoteFPing(3)      SmokePing      probes::RemoteFPing(3)



NAME
       probes::RemoteFPing - Remote FPing Probe for SmokePing

SYNOPSIS
        *** Probes ***
        + RemoteFPing
        binary = /usr/bin/ssh
        packetsize = 1024
        forks = 1

        ++ PROBE_CONF
        rhost = bigbox.foobar.com
        ruser = foo
        rbinary = /usr/local/sbin/fping

DESCRIPTION
       Integrates the remote execution of FPing via ssh/rsh into
       smokeping.  The variable binary must point to your copy of
       the ssh/rsh program.

OPTIONS
       The binary and rhost are mandatory. The binary option
       specifies the path of the remote shell program (usually
       ssh, rsh or remsh). Any other script or binary that can be
       called as

           /path/to/binary [ -l ruser ] rhost rbinary

       may be used.

       The (optional) packetsize option lets you configure the
       packetsize for the pings sent.

       The (optional) forks option lets you configure the number
       of simultaneous remote pings to be run.

       The rhost option specifies the remote device from where
       fping will be launched.

       The (optional) ruser option allows you to specify the
       remote user, if different from the one running the
       smokeping daemon.

       The (optional) rbinary option allows you to specify the
       location of the remote fping binary. If not specified the
       probe will assume that fping is in the remote host's path.

NOTES
       It is important to make sure that you can access the
       remote machine without a password prompt, otherwise this
       probe will not work properly.  To test just try something
       like this:

           $ ssh bigbox.foobar.com fping somehost.foobar.com

       The next thing you see must be fping's output.

AUTHOR
       Luis F Balbinot <hades@inf.ufrgs.br>

       based on probes::FPing by

       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>



1.30                        2003-12-01     probes::RemoteFPing(3)
